---
type: "Bill"
title: "victims' rights; refusal of interviews"
description: "victims' rights; refusal of interviews"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "54th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1315"
citation: "Arizona SB 1315 (54th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILD SAFETY - TITLE 8", "CRIMINAL CODE - TITLE 13", "REFUSAL OF INTERVIEWS", "VICTIMS' RIGHTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eddie Farnsworth"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 15
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-31"
last_action: "2019-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/86cddd6f-6aef-436c-9908-adf7708c5472"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/71935?SessionId=121"
source_hash: "6072d609d29f46d8909f012f298926b3dfd8c28814bc90dfe99031427c156329"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-az"]
---

# Arizona SB 1315 (54th-1st-regular) — victims' rights; refusal of interviews

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chaptered Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/laws/0219.htm)
2. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to Bill - Allen J - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/470862)
3. **HOUSE - Judiciary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/adopted/H.1315JUDICIARY.DOCX.htm)
4. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/SB1315H.htm)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/SB1315P.htm)
6. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/SB1315S.htm)

## Votes

- Retained on the Calendar — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **59–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **20–10** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **29–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Eddie Farnsworth — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-01-31** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-07** dp `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-04** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-14** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-14** transmit to house
- **2019-03-04** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-27** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-05** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-04-30** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-30** transmit to senate
- **2019-04-30** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-07** passed `passage`
- **2019-05-07** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-07** passed `passage`
- **2019-05-13** signed by governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/86cddd6f-6aef-436c-9908-adf7708c5472`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).